Jerry Goldsmith
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| Date of Birth: | February 10, 1929 |
| Place of Birth: | Pasadena, California |
| Date of Death: | July 21, 2004 |
| Place of Death: | Beverly Hills, California |
Jerry Goldsmith (born Jerrald Goldsmith) was a film and television composer who wrote the musical scores for five Star Trek movies and the main title themes for two Star Trek series. He was nominated for eighteen Academy Awards, winning one, and also won five Emmy Awards.
In 1979, Goldsmith scored Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Here, Goldsmith was tasked with re-inventing a franchise and creating a brand new theme. He himself remarked it was the toughest he ever wrote, and it remains a remarkable achievement. At the behest of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, it was later adapted to become the signature theme for Star Trek: The Next Generation.
In 1989, Goldsmith scored Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, and in 1995, he also wrote the main title theme for Star Trek: Voyager, for which he won an Emmy Award. Listenfile info He later composed the scores for Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Insurrection.
By the early 2000s, Goldsmith's health prevented him from working as much as he once did. However, he did finish his work on the franchise with Star Trek: Nemesis, making this the third collaboration with British director Stuart Baird.
Jerry Goldsmith originally intended to become a concert hall composer, but soon realized that the infrequency of concert hall commissions would never satisfy his hunger to write music. He began studying piano at the age of 6, and was studying composition at age 14. He became acquainted with the legendary composer Miklós Rózsa, and attended his classes in film composition at the University of South California.
In 1950, he was employed as a clerk typist in the music department at CBS. It was there that he was given his first assignments as a composer for radio shows, such as Romance and CBS Radio Workshop. He would stay with CBS until 1960, having already scored some episodes of The Twilight Zone. He was hired by Revue Studios to score their Thriller series, which lead to further television commissions.
In 1962, Goldsmith was awarded his first Oscar nomination for his acclaimed score to the poorly-recieved John Huston picture Freud. At the same time, he became acquainted with influential film composer Alfred Newman, who, recognizing Goldsmith's talents, influenced Universal into hiring him to score the film Lonely Are The Brave in 1963. From the on, Goldsmith established himself as a leading name in American film music.
The 1990s brought another of Goldsmith's finest works, the beautiful score to The Russia House for director Fred Schepisi. Action epics such as Air Force One and The Mummy were also scored by Goldsmith, as well as more challenging assignments such as the big screen adaption of Six Degrees Of Separation and the critically acclaimed thriller LA Confidential. Other films he scored include The Omen, for which he won his Oscar, Planet of the Apes, Chinatown, Basic Instinct, Alien, Gremlins, The Twilight Zone, Poltergeist, Total Recall, Rambo, Congo and The Sum of all Fears.
Jerry Goldsmith died of cancer on July 21, 2004, in Beverly Hills, California.
